Egypt: Flags of governorates

Last modified: 2008-03-29 by ian macdonald
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• Index of Egyptian governorates
  • Clickable map of governorates
  • Close-up of the Nile delta area
• Sources for the flags of Egyptian governorates

See also:

• Egypt

Index of Egyptian governorates

The flags of the Egyptian governorates appear on the pages listed below. These pages may also be reached through a clickable map.

• Region Desert
  • Red Sea (al-Bahr al-Ahmar)
  • Matruh
  • South Sinai (Janub Sina')
  • North Sinai (Shamal Sina')
  • al-Wadi al-Jadid
• Region Lower Egypt
  • al-Buhayrah
  • Dumyat
  • ad-Daqahliyah
  • al-Gharbiyah
  • al-Isma'iliyah
  • Kafr ash-Shaykh
  • al-Minufiyah
  • al-Qalyubiyah
  • al-Sharqiyah *
• Region Upper Egypt
  • Asyut
  • Aswan
  • Bani Suwayf
  • al-Fayyum
  • al-Jizah
  • al-Minya
  • Qina
  • Sawhaj
• Cities
  • Alexandria (al-Iskandariyah)
  • Cairo (al-Qahirah)
  • Luxor (al-Uqsur)
  • Port Said (Bur Sa'id)
  • Suez (as-Suways)

Source: Encyclopaedia Universalis Yearbook 1998 [eun]

Sources for the flags of Egyptian governorates

• Official website of the Egyptian government showing the governorate logos, found by Dov Gutterman.
• Article of M. Usachow in Vexilologie [vex] #35 & 38
• Personal in situ observations by Jorge Hurtado and Tomas Rodriguez, communicated by Jaume Ollé
• Personal archive of Jaume Ollé
• Other specific sources shall be cited in the individual governorate pages.

Most flags of Egyptian governorates are monocolor flags with the logo or the emblem of the governorate placed in the middle.

Jaume Ollé, 7 May 2000